Quick Response (QR) codes, which emerged in the 1990s, have become a ubiquitous part of modern life, facilitating activities from food orders to museum tours through a smartphone camera. Unfortunately, this advancement in convenience has attracted cybercriminals, who are now…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Warns of Escalating Cyber Tactics Targeting Signal Users; Global Implications Exist Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 19, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Recent investigations reveal that Russian state-sponsored hackers are employing phishing tactics…
A hacker operating under the pseudonym “exelo” has reportedly advertised a database comprising 602,800 Yahoo email accounts on an underground forum. This information is alarming for both individual users and businesses that rely on Yahoo services, as this breach indicates…
Microsoft has reported significant advancements in a malware family known as XCSSET, which now includes enhanced capabilities. This malware variant is notably adept at targeting digital wallets, siphoning data from applications such as Notes, and extracting sensitive system information and…
Recent insights from the Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) indicate that ransomware attacks targeting businesses in the Food & Agriculture sectors are expected to rise in frequency and severity in the coming weeks. The report, titled…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Government, Industry Specific Bain Capital Leads $100 Million Investment to Boost AI-Driven Cybersecurity Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • February 18, 2025 Gil Dolev, co-founder and CTO, Dream (Image: Dream) Dream, a startup co-founded by the former…
Recent cyber activities linked to North Korean threat actors, particularly the Kimsuky group, demonstrate a notable evolution in their techniques. They are increasingly leveraging living-off-the-land (LotL) strategies, relying on common services to remain undetected. A recent operation, identified as “DEEP#DRIVE”…
On December 31, 1974, President Gerald Ford enacted the Privacy Act after extensive congressional negotiations that ultimately led to the scrapping of a proposed independent privacy oversight board. In his signing statement, Ford emphasized the crucial importance of establishing comprehensive…
Data Security, Government, Industry Specific Court Ruling Allows Musk’s DOGE Task Force Continued Access to Sensitive Federal Data Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • February 18, 2025 President Donald Trump departs the White House to board Marine One on January 31, 2025.…
Cybersecurity Breaches in Healthcare: A Year of Alarming Data Compromises In February 2024, Change Healthcare publicly disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach, marking it as the largest healthcare data breach reported to federal regulators. Initially, the extent of this breach was…
